The Alabamian…

And last but not least, we have David Birney. Yes, born in Huntsville, Alabama, but his daddy was a Kentuckian… and a Southern abolitionist… so, yes, there were indeed some Union men who were fighting with the idea of freeing slaves… and some were Southern too!

It is my understanding George Thomas, one of the more able Union Generals, was from Virginia… He commanded the Union forces in Nashville in Dec 1864 when John Bell Hood and the Army of TN, CSA came calling…. Is it possible you could do an article on Thomas’ Virginia roots sometime, when ever?

Hi Bill, I’ve been avoiding GH Thomas, but only because I think he’s like the first, if not only, person folks think of when the topic of Southerners in Union blue comes up. I prefer to stick to the lesser known folks… as there were more than a lot of folks realize. But I guess I do need to discuss him, still. I’ll probably plug something in at my Southern Unionists Chronicles blog.